Chapter 281 Cruyff Turned Around

"These guys are crazy!"

When walking towards the middle circle, Sneijder looked up at the fans of the yellow submarine in the stands and said.

Looking around, the entire stand is yellow, with the ups and downs of the fans, it is like a sea of ​​yellow.

"Riquelme is a genius!" Yang Yang praised.

Speaking of Riquelme, he is still inseparable from Van Gaal.

The South American talent came to Barcelona with everyone's expectations, but the result was not pleased by Van Gaal, which made him unable to establish a foothold in Barcelona and was forced to go to Villarreal on loan, but he did not expect to be here. Resurrected with blood.

As a midfielder this season, Riquelme has scored 13 goals in La Liga, a career-high, showing that the Argentine magician is at the best of his career.

In addition to Riquelme, Villarreal's striker is composed of former Atletico Madrid golden boy Jose Mari and Uruguay star Diego Forlan. The former has a clear tactical role, while Forlan is currently attacking. Scored 18 goals, second only to Barcelona striker Eto'o's 21 goals.

Diego Forlan played for Manchester United before, but he never showed satisfactory strength at Old Trafford. After switching to Villarreal, the name only spent 1.8 million euros. The Uruguayan striker proved his worth with his continuous goals.

Moreover, these two strikers have been in good form recently, Jose Mari just scored a brace against Athletic Bilbao, and Diego Forlan also scored a goal to help the Yellow Submarines home three. Biyi defeated the Basque lion.

Under Pellegrini's training, Villarreal adopted an irregular four-four-two formation.

On the striker are Jose Mari and Diego Forlan. The situation in the midfield is rather special. Riquelme's position belongs to the attacking midfielder, and Sorin is on the left. The Brazilian midfielder Marcos Senna and captain Jose Sections form a double back waist.

Among them, Marcos Senna looks ferocious, but from the beginning, he is more about taking the ball and playing the ball, combing the transition, but Hosico, with a very brave and fierce style, which is a bit surprising.

The characteristics of the yellow submarine are that there are many South American players, the style of play is not conservative, and the players are very capable. In addition, Pellegrini himself has coached in South America for many years, so he can just play to their advantages.

Among them, the most important part of the yellow submarine is the connection between Riquelme and the previous two forwards.

This was repeatedly told by the head coach before the game, but just now Ajax's double midfielder was not well done, and as a result, Riquelme immediately caught the opportunity and plugged in to form a goal.

This somewhat embarrassed Galasek as the captain, not knowing how to encourage his teammates.

Yang Yang also saw the clue, and when he walked back, he applauded vigorously and shouted loudly.

"It's okay, it's only 12 minutes, let's take it slow, do a good job of defense first, stabilize our position, there will definitely be a chance."

Although Yang Yang is not the captain, his weight in the locker room is getting heavier and heavier. Everyone can hear what he says.

Galasek nodded towards Yang Yang and expressed his gratitude.

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"He is becoming more and more general now." Luther Carroll said with admiration.

Ronald Koeman nodded, apparently agreeing with the assistant's statement.

Yang Yang is indeed already a vital part of the Ajax dressing room.

"Villarel has been resolutely taking the South American route for three years. From Muñoz to the present, since the transfer of Palermo, they have been vigorously introducing South American players, and the arrival of Pellegrini has It is to further enhance the club's business philosophy."

Luther Carroll nodded repeatedly. No club's success will come suddenly, it's all built up bit by bit over time.

It's like Villarreal, whose performance has improved by leaps and bounds this season. Everyone only sees the role of the head coach Pellegrini, but they don't notice that behind Pellegrini, Villarreal is behind him. The South American route that has been adhered to for many years.

In the past few years, the economic crisis, the leagues of South American countries are very sluggish, and players transfer to European football at low prices. Villarreal is one of the biggest beneficiaries. Among them, such as Sorin and Gonzalo Rodriguez, South American players are very strong.

The reason why Diego Forlan couldn't play at Manchester United and suddenly broke out at Villarreal is because there is a strong soil of South American football, which he is very familiar with.

The same is true for Riquelme.

The arrival of Pellegrini just further elevates Villarreal's South American-style football to a higher level, so that everyone can see that the original clear lines, delicate and smooth South American-style football can also be used in La Liga and European football. Success.

"As long as this team doesn't mess up, it will be stronger next season, and the Champions League will be even better then," said Luther Carroll.

Ronald Koeman nodded, this is traceable.

After seeing the players return to their positions, the Ajax coach immediately walked to the sidelines and called Galasek and De Jong, indicating that they should pay attention to limiting Riquelme and not giving him too many chances , severing the connection between him and the two players in the frontcourt.

This season, the connection between Riquelme and Diego Forlan is also an important offensive link for Villarreal.

The Argentine magician is Villarreal's soul who adjusts the rhythm of the game and connects offensive and defensive transitions. As long as Riquelme is pinched, Villarreal's offensive threat will be much smaller.

By that time, Ajax will be able to exert force.

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Sometimes football is as simple as that.

As long as targeted tactics work, the situation will change.

After the restart of the game, Villarreal's morale was still very strong, but he always slowed down the offensive.

On the one hand, Ajax's two midfielders began to strengthen their defense against Riquelme.

On the other hand, they are very afraid of Ajax's counterattack.

Yang Yang's speed and personal ability have been known to the public as early as last season's Champions League. This season, he has provoked Ajax's backbone and became the backbone of the team.

Pellegrini is obviously also very clear that if he presses on rashly, leaving a gap behind him and giving Yang Yang too much space to counterattack, it will definitely be fatal.

Therefore, after grabbing a goal in the opening game, the Chilean engineer wisely arranged for the team to slow down the offensive and play steadily.

At the same time, Chilean engineers also made arrangements for Yang Yang's defense.

It's as if Ajax will make arrangements for Riquelme, Yang Yang is the core of Ajax's soul.

Almost every time Yang Yang takes the ball, in addition to Riquelme, the recent Villarreal players will grab the ball at the first time, and more are Sorin or Marcos Senna, which also affects Yang Yang's performance.

However, Yang Yang also quickly expanded his running range and actively used interspersed running to pull the opponent's defenders and create opportunities for his teammates, but the effect was not very obvious.

In the final analysis, Yang Yang was the only one Ajax really had the strength to dribble the ball out of the opponent's defense.

Yang Yang was not in a hurry, and still ran patiently and actively, looking for opportunities.

Fortunately, after Ronald Koeman's adjustment, and Villarreal's intention to slow down the offensive, in the next 20 minutes, neither side was able to create a good scoring opportunity, and Riquelme was temporarily misfiring. .

Ajax stole the ball once in the backcourt and made a long pass to the right side of the frontcourt.

Charlesteas grabbed the first spot, but was pressed by Villarreal defender Gonzalo Rodriguez step by step, and had to take it back and pass it to Yang Yang, who was catching up behind him.

As soon as Yang Yang received the ball, Sorin and left-back Arua Ballena immediately gave up Charlie Steas and rushed to Yang Yang.

The two Villarreal players were like a wall, blocking Yang Yang.

Yang Yang turned around immediately to protect the ball, but the two were still standing behind them in a fan shape, pressing step by step.

Through God's vision, Yang Yang could see that Sneijder was in the middle, and Charlie Steas was behind him, but he couldn't pass the ball and could only bring it back.

It was a game strategy, and he figured it was impossible for both players to drop back with him at the same time.

Riquelme is basically not involved in defense, as long as both of them come out, Sneijder will have a chance.

Sure enough, Sorin didn't come up, and Alua Ballena followed behind Yang Yang, not giving him a chance to turn around.

At the same time, Villarreal's forward Jose Mari followed Maicon, and they did not intend to give Yang Yang any direction of passing the ball.

The opponent is pressing step by step, getting closer and closer to the right line. Villarreal's defensive strategy is to force Yang Yang to take the ball out of bounds. This is also a very common, but at the same time, very practical. Defensive strategy.

"The closer you are to the defense, the easier it is to take fake moves, as long as you move fast enough!"

This is what the legendary Ajax winger, John Van Schip, who once trained Yang Yang one-on-one, told him.

At this moment, Yang Yang had no choice.

Due to the power confrontation that lasted for half a year, Alua Ballena's body run behind him did not make Yang Yang lose his balance, but his pace was a little staggering, but he still carried the ball steadily.

He was watching his opponent, and his opponent was watching him.

When Yang Yang suddenly accelerated forward, Alua Ballena was taken aback, thinking that Yang Yang was trying to use his speed to get rid of his defense, and immediately followed from Yang Yang's right side.

The left side is the sideline, and his defensive intuition tells him that as long as he gets stuck on the right side, Yang Yang will not be able to fly.

But Yang Yang was just waiting for him.

As soon as Alua Ballena moved, Yang Yang skillfully hooked the ball behind him with his left foot, and he suddenly stopped and turned from the left.

Suddenly, the ball came to Yang Yang, and Yang Yang turned around smoothly.

"Cruyff turned around!!"

The entire Love Song Stadium exclaimed.

Yang Yang turned back and faced the attacking direction, while Alua Barena turned his back to him, and the situation was completely reversed.

Yang Yang dashed forward quickly with the ball, and without waiting for Sorin to get close, he crossed to Sneijder in the middle.

Sneijder understood and leaned towards the middle belt.

Sorin was worried about the middle and quickly approached Marcos Senna.

But suddenly, Sneijder, who was facing the top of the penalty area, kicked the ball behind Sorin.

Yang Yang slanted behind Sorin at the fastest speed. After receiving a pass from Sneijder, he had reached the front of the penalty area.

At this time, only central defender Gonzalo Rodriguez was left in front of him.